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Tip from the PitCrew

Every process running on your computer takes up CPU cycles and valuable memory. For optimal PC performance and resource utilization, you should be aware of every process on your computer. PC Pitstop designed this process library to help you know which processes are worthwhile and others that slow system performance.

Furthermore, perhaps the quickest and most straight forward method to detect malware is through a running process analysis.

ddhelp.exe (DirectX Helper)

This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.

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PC Pitstop Analysis

DDHELP.EXE - Provides Win9x/Me support functions for programs that use DirectDraw/DirectX graphics functions. DDHELP will be started the first time a program requests DirectDraw functions, and will continue to run after the program has exited. DirectDraw functions will not function properly if you disable/terminate this program. Because DDHELP is responsible for managing the resources on the graphics card itself, the system may crash or other strange things may happen.

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Recommendation

ddhelp.exe is an essential part of Windows and required for Windows to work properly. It should never be disabled.

PC Pitstop recommends WinPatrol Plus for monitoring all of the background activity on your PC. WinPatrol Plus provides a easy to understand descriptions of over 15,000 processes and programs.

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Identification

In addition to the file name, ddhelp.exe, the following version information is used to identify the file. If the file does not match this information, it may be a different file. To ensure the file is absolutely correct, run a free and comprehensive scan.

Vendor contains:	Microsoft
Product contains:	DirectX

To view version information with Windows Explorer, right-click the file and click Properties, Version.

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MD5 Hashes

MD5 hashes is the way that computers can define the uniqueness of a file. Anti malware vendors frequently use this technique to detect and clean malware. It is common for a program to have multiple MD5 hashes as the developers create newer versions of the program. For the program called ddhelp.exe, we have detected more than 20 different MD5 hashes. Click on a hash to research the hash in Google.

MD5 Report Summary
Program Name	MD5 Count
ddhelp.exe	> 20

#	MD5	Size
1	0xe12cfe31acfd60b07db68e386f0197ea	49152 bytes
2	0x07dab1e18501dc31cfc3fb897691f732	49152 bytes
3	0x61c3a7cbea6a589ae3d4d996d9db92a7	49152 bytes
4	0xe2f073e2bae60d63560c6ec0323f72a4	32768 bytes
5	0xaea698a68a7f66c40ba0279a4d50e28f	41984 bytes
6	0xc13bc21deabe652faecf025b97607fce	49152 bytes
7	0xbe6a345aec8ef7b0976481e0d7d2f9c1	33189 bytes
8	0xcc56a2caa5528e171c7873a4116ba801	49152 bytes
9	0xb4a0bd670560e050a10442e7e16b95e8	46352 bytes
10	0x4597237466310164c9865ae03e6ce816	38672 bytes
11	0x53a3786c33d8d2ced03bf266b8a1a195	39184 bytes
12	0xc77237734a9a2cc9ec265a6290385723	49152 bytes
13	0x45626de29be3bd3a766e94993651f6f6	216534 bytes
14	0xf62f3495c1e013a63698d556c80e1b62	31744 bytes
15	0x4070f61a2ff217d06a5a3beebc25fd74	49152 bytes
16	0x597c7d239a6687a26a2c22775918873d	32768 bytes
17	0xf14c7f5fc7ca699913cf448564b97399	49152 bytes
18	0xcd0f9fecf897e1b9c1fca39c79bb15d8	46352 bytes
19	0xd6c297e1e9bc7c8d6dbed73d98e591ba	28432 bytes
20	0xca5ea23802e9442bbe2a8c07498311b9	46352 bytes

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PC Pitstop Database Comparisons

Every week, we update our information about the running programs identified during the previous week's testing. This program has not been seen on any systems tested at PC Pitstop in the past week.

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